V2 STI 555 refresh project
 

Hiya Guys,

Okay, so i have a V2 STI 555 which i've owned for 5 years since it being imported, over the next 2 months will be stripped back to a certain level and repaired with a full respray.

The picture below was of the car only afew months ago in the welsh mountains, looking ever so crisp and clean.

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About 5 weeks ago, a nice guy in a army landrover decided he didnt like subaru's and so done this below

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Now i've decided to get the car repaired as it will be a car for life.

Its gone in the bodyshop today for some work which is listed below :

Replacement doors fitted to passenger side
Rear arch's removed and new one's fitted
Rear bumper removed and fixed
Rear subframe to be dropped and sprayed black
Trailing arms to be rubbed back and sprayed black
Torsion bars rubbed back and sprayed pink
Calipers removed and resprayed on rear, front calipers to be replaced with new
All 4 wheels refurbed and resprayed in white
Any other dings with little rust spots will be repaired and treated

Finally once all this has been completed, it will have a full repsray to the original colour 53c.

Further work to the inside and engine bay will be done once i have the car back but basically the engine is standard and will stay that way but afew new parts here and there to keep it running for another 20yrs.

Once all this has been done, i'll need to sell a kidney or 2 :-)

Good luck with it all. Defiantly a car for life it's lovely.

May as well go all SSS on it lol.

I will not be encouraging him.... Ok maybe just a little :D

Good on you Matt just fire away if I can help at all with anything I will.

Looking forward to seeing the progress, seems a lot of classics are getting restored now!!!

It wont be far of it mate

lovely looking car. Good to see it getting fully repaired and not broken which so many seem to do.
Look forward to seeing the progress dude

Spot on Matt deffo a keeper 👍

Great to hear your going to repair it. Look forward to seeing the finished car. :thumb:

Cheers guys, hopefully will have the first batch of photos next week

Nice one. Ready for Stelvio.

Will be following this thread and hope it all goes well Matt

Well done matt ill be keeping an eye out and if you need a hand Im busy lol cant wait to see it done.

Sorry guys for the lack of updates, been flatout recently.

Have alook at the photos attached

Wheels, calipers and various underside parts are coming off this week for prep

New front calipers go on and some other little bits :) later on

Coming along.
Slow and steady wins the race.

Well after afew more days of hard graft by my painter, he's treated the patchy areas today with some acid etch primer and then 3 high coat primer ready for the next stage.

forgive me if they are in order, takes to long

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Will be watching with interest Matt as I am doing a similar thing with the bug (minus the land rover damage)
Oh yeah I did reverse into a copper though !!! Darn it ;)

Lol, you did what ? What did he say ?

Looking good Matthew

Great job Matt that's a fair bit of work already. This is going to really look good in fresh paint and no dents.

An update on the paintwork, its almost all done. 2 more weeks and its back on the road.

1st coat of blue

All done

Looking good there Matt. She'll bee the prize of the ball !!

And all ready for rally day :)

Fantastic Matt :D

Superb Matt, can't wait to see it. Are you more confident it'll be all good to go for the 6th of September??

I am now mate, was getting twitchy. Still wont get it back till the 30th though

Good work Matthew it looks awsome. I've said it before and I'll say it again the hatch is ready lol

:thumb:

More pics

Coming together well, side skirts going back on Matt ?